Balanced diet is a key element of a healthy lifestyle. Having a healthy and balanced diet, doing regular exercise and maintaining a healthy body are good for health. They can help prevent diet related diseases like cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.

In Hong Kong, eating out is very much a way of life. Apart from taste customers are increasingly concerned about the nutritive value of food they eat A study carried out by the Department of Health revealed that more than 40% of Hong Kong people eat out for lunch at least five days a week, while more than 90% wish to be offered healthier food choices in restaurants.

In this light, the Department of Health is launching the "EatSmart@restaurant.hk" Campaign. Customers only have to look for the EatSmart Decal to enjoy the fresh taste of EatSmart Dishes. To become an eligible EatSmart Restaurant, food premises have to pass an assessment and ensure they offer a specified number of EatSmart Dishes - "More Fruit and Vegetables" and "3 Less" Dishes on a regular basis. The Decal stands for a restaurant that cares about you.

Please support EatSmart Restaurants!

For the health of your family and yourself, try an EatSmart Dish today!

Means that either fruit or vegetables are the sole ingredients of the dish, or they occupy at least twice as much the amount of meat and its alternatives present in the dish.

Meat alternatives include egg, beans, soybean products, nuts, etc.

Means that the dish has less fat or oil, salt and sugar, meeting the "3 Less" requirement.

Aims
The Campaign aims to:

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Educate, empower and enable the community to have easier access to healthier dishes when eating out;